pecel
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦼꦕꦼꦭ꧀ (pecel, “a kind of salad”) (compare Malay pecal, Minangkabau pical), from Old Javanese pĕcĕl.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpət͡ʃəl/ [ˈpə.t͡ʃəl]
- Rhymes: -ət͡ʃəl
- Syllabification: pe‧cel
Noun
pêcêl (plural pecel-pecel)
- (cooking) a traditional Javanese salad with peanut sauce, usually eaten with carbs (steamed rice, lontong or ketupat)
Alternative forms
- pecal
Further reading
- “pecel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
pecel
- romanization of ꦥꦼꦕꦼꦭ꧀